Diet folate, DNA methylation and genetic polymorphisms of <it>MTHFR </it>C677T in association with the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Folic acid may affect the development of human cancers. However, few studies have evaluated the consumption of diet folate in the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).</p> <p>Methods</p&...

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Main Authors: Shen Hongbing, Wang Fengliang, Xie Hui, Lu Cheng, Wang Jianming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/91